The Documentary Podcast Podcast
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
Hear the voices at the heart of global stories. Where curious minds can uncover hidden truths and make sense of the world. Home of the best documentaries from the BBC World Service.
From the impact of drought on crops, tourism and trade, to Africa's first film city, to the Romanian teenagers who built a DIY internet...we go beyond the headlines.
Each week we look at the stories shaping our world and hear voices connecting people from across the globe, asking how news stories are shaping their lives. We also follow spiritual journeys, examine the world through the lens of its media and focus on solutions to global problems.
Episodes to download
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2. Murder in Mayfair: Martine
Sun 23 Apr 2023
Friends panic when "street-smart" Martine fails to come home
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1. Murder in Mayfair: Finding Farouk
Sun 23 Apr 2023
The hunt for the suspected killer of 23-year-old Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen
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Caught in Sudan's conflict
Fri 21 Apr 2023
Three women, a doctor and a nurse discuss the impact of fighting on families and patients
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Heart and Soul: The Church's slave plantation, part one
Fri 21 Apr 2023
How have the Church of England's historic slave plantations affected Barbados?
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Leaving Sri Lanka
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Record numbers are fleeing the island in the wake of a brutal economic crisis.
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Introducing: Murder in Mayfair
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Coming soon: The hunt for the suspected killer of Norwegian student Martine Vik Magnussen
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The hidden caste codes of Silicon Valley
Tue 18 Apr 2023
Indian workers are thriving in Silicon Valley but some say they face caste discrimination
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In the Studio: Erica Whyman: Directing Hamnet
Mon 17 Apr 2023
The RSC stages the world premiere of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel
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The ghost ship
Sat 15 Apr 2023
A tanker drifts, unmanned, onto an Indian beach - like a ghost. What really happened?
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BBC OS Conversations: Living with multiple sclerosis
Sat 15 Apr 2023
As new research promises hope, people with MS share their experiences
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Heart and Soul: Sikhism’s lost song
Fri 14 Apr 2023
How a new generation of Sikhs are decolonising their sacred music
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Gran Chaco - Paraguay’s vanishing forest
Thu 13 Apr 2023
A massive new road across Paraguay threatens a fragile eco-system and two communities.
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In the Studio: Telling the John Hume story
Wed 12 Apr 2023
A new musical marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement
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Deep Waters: Container ships
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Container ships carry everything we buy - but those giant boxes hold secrets too
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Deep Waters: Sanctions and the new 'dark' fleet
Mon 10 Apr 2023
How sanctions on Russian oil have increased the world's secretive "dark fleet"
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Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world, even during war and pandemic
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OS Conversations: Guns in America
Fri 7 Apr 2023
Experiences of dealing with the aftermath of a shooting
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Heart and Soul: Clergy in cartel land
Thu 6 Apr 2023
Meet the young men preparing to join the most dangerous priesthood in the world
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Being gay in Africa
Sat 1 Apr 2023
We hear accounts of what it's like to be LGBT in different parts of Africa
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Heart and Soul: Purity to nudity
Fri 31 Mar 2023
How nudity is helping Gwen heal from purity culture’s teachings about the female body
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Finland’s uneasy relationship with its neighbour
Thu 30 Mar 2023
How has Finland managed its relationship with its unpredictable neighbour, Russia?
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Deep Waters: The hidden world of global shipping
Tue 28 Mar 2023
Bulk carriers are the unseen porters of the world even during war and pandemic
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Iraqis and the consequences of the Iraq War
Sat 25 Mar 2023
Iraqis at home and abroad on the continuing consequences of the US-led invasion
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My hijab or my sport
Fri 24 Mar 2023
Salimata faces a choice between her hijab and competing in the sport she loves
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Killer drug: Fentanyl in the US
Thu 23 Mar 2023
The synthetic opioid that’s destroying thousands of lives in southern California
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Blind faith: Do genetic eye disease ‘treatments' work?
Wed 22 Mar 2023
Ramadan Younes investigates the world of genetic eye disease ‘treatments’
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Can technology save democracy?
Tue 21 Mar 2023
Is technology eroding democracy or can it reconnect citizens to their governments?
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A choice of horrors
Sat 18 Mar 2023
After the disastrous war in Iraq, should the West ever intervene in foreign conflicts?
